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" She is the fairies' midwife; and she comes In shape no bigger than an agate-stone On the forefinger of an alderman, Drawn with a team of little atomies Athwart men's noses as they lie asleep : Her wagon-spokes made of long spinners... "
Cyclopaedia of English Literature: First period, from the earliest times to 1400 - Page 186
edited by - 1847
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The Plays of William Shakspeare: Accurately Printed from the Text ..., Volume 8

William Shakespeare - 1847 - 554 pages
...things true. Mer. 0, then, I see, queen Mab hath been with you. She is the fairies' midwife ' ; and she comes In shape no bigger than an agate-stone On the...little atomies ' Athwart men's noses as they lie asleep : * She it the fairies' midwife;] I apprehend, and with no violence of interpretation, that by "the...
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King Lear. Romeo and Juliet. Hamlet. Othello

William Shakespeare - 1848 - 536 pages
...midwife; 9 and she comes In shape no bigger than an agate-stone On the fore-finger of an alderman, 3 Drawn with a team of little atomies * Athwart men's...smallest spider's web; The collars, of the moonshine's watery beams: Her whip, of cricket's bone; the lash, of film: Her wagoner, a small, gray-coated gnat,...
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North American First Class Reader: The Sixth Book of Tower's Series for ...

David Bates Tower - 1853 - 444 pages
...with you. She comes, In shape no bigger than an agate stone On the forefinger of an alderman, Drawn by a team of little atomies Athwart men's noses, as they...smallest spider's web ; The collars, of the moonshine's watery beams, Her whip, of cricket's bone ; the lash, of film ; Her wagoner, a small, gray-coated gnat....
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Orthopony; Or the Cultivation of the Voice, in Elocution: A Manual of ...

William Russell - 1849 - 310 pages
...with you. She comes In shape no bigger than an agate stone, On the forefinger of an alderman, Drawn by a team of little atomies Athwart men's noses, as they...smallest spider's web, The collars, of the moonshine's watery beams : Her whip of cricket's bone ; the lash of film ; Her wagoner, a small gray-coated gnat...
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Orthophony; Or The Cultivation of the Voice in Elocution: A Manual of ...

William Russell - 1849 - 320 pages
...with you. She comes In shape no bigger than an agate stone, On the forefinger of an alderman, Drawn by a team of little atomies Athwart men's noses, as they...smallest spider's web, The collars, of the moonshine's watery beams : Her whip of cricket's bone ; the lash of film ; Her wagoner, a small gray-coated gnat;...
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Notes and Queries

1866 - 674 pages
...JULIET." " Mercutio. О then I see Queen Mab hath been with you. She is the fairies' midwife, and she comes In shape no bigger than an agate-stone On the...atomies Athwart men's noses as they lie asleep : Her waggon-spokes," &c.—Act I. Sc. 4. Like an agate-stone in a ring ! Surely a strange shape and simile...
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Observations on the Popular Antiquities of Great Britain: Chiefly ..., Volume 2

Brand - 1849 - 544 pages
...it into the mouth of Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet: " She is the fairies' midwife; and she comes I n shape no bigger than an agate-stone On the fore-finger...atomies Athwart men's noses as they lie asleep: Her waggon-spokes made of long spinners' leg; ; The cover, of the wings of grasshoppers ; The traces, of...
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The literary class book; or, Readings in English literature

Robert Joseph Sullivan - 1850 - 524 pages
...alderman, Drawn by a team of little atomies, Athwart men's noses as they lie asleep : Her waggon-spokes made of long spinners' legs ; The cover, of the wings...Her whip of cricket's bone ; the lash of film : Her waggoner a small gray-coated gnat, Not half so big as a round little worm, Prick'd from the lazy finger...
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The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith: Including a Variety ..., Volume 1

Oliver Goldsmith, Sir James Prior - 1850 - 602 pages
...judging reader. " O, then I see queen Mab hath been with you. She is the fairies' midwife ; and she comes In shape no bigger than an agate-stone On the...as they lie asleep ; Her wagon-spokes made of long spinner's legs ; The cover, of the wings of grasshoppers ; The traces, of the smallest spider's web...
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Apophthegms from the plays of Shakespeare, by C. Lyndon

William Shakespeare - 1850 - 260 pages
...languish.— BEN. I., 2. O, then, I see, queen Mab hath been with you. She is the fairies' midwife ; and she comes in shape no bigger than an agate-stone on the...of little atomies athwart men's noses as they lie asleep.—MER. I., 4. O, that I were a glove upon that hand, that I might touch that cheek!—ROM....
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